Associations to the word «Tomatillo»

Pictures for the word «Tomatillo»

Wiktionary

TOMATILLO, noun. A fruit of the genus Physalis, resembling the tomato but surrounded by a thin papery skin.

Dictionary definition

TOMATILLO, noun. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes.
TOMATILLO, noun. Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes.
TOMATILLO, noun. Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope